@article{a4730227a14c4ed7844a13c1a7befaa6,
title = "Irradiation effects of flux pinning and Jc in high temperature superconductors",
abstract = "We have introduced neutron and electron irradiation defects in bulk YBCO melt-textured materials. The defects and their effect on the critical current density (Jc) have been examined. The enhancement of Jc is found to be heavily dependent on the type and energy of the beam as well as on the direction of the beam with respect to the crystal. Two types of defects have been identified in neutron irradiated YBCO by positron annihilation experiments. The large defects (∼ 20 {\AA}) correlate with the enhancement of Jc and are 103 times more effective in flux pinning than point defects.",
author = "Hor, {P. H.} and J. Bechtold and Xue, {Y. Y.} and Chu, {C. W.} and Hungerford, {E. V.} and Maruyama, {X. K.} and H. Backe and Buskirk, {F. R.} and Connors, {S. M.} and Jean, {Y. C.} and Farmer, {J. W.}",
note = "Funding Information: The importance of large defects ~e o,~,, enhancement can a~se be seen in fi~e anisotropic enhancement of Jc ia 100 This work is supported in part by the NSF Low Temperature Physics Program Gran~ No. DMR 86-126539, DARPA Grant No. MDA 972-88-G-002, NASA Gra~ No. NAGW-~7I~ Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, and the T. L. L. Tempk Foundation,",
year = "1991",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/0921-4534(91)91280-H",
language = "English",
volume = "185-189",
pages = "2311--2312",
journal = "Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications",
issn = "0921-4534",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "PART 4",
}